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boehner speaks, we'll take it live for you. the cia's tactics described in chilling detail including waterboarding, sleep deprivation and ice water baths and worse. the senate committee concluded that the harsh tactics simply did not work in getting valuable intelligence. and the justice department says it will not reopen its inquiry into whether crimes were committed, raising new questions of accountability and blame. we're covering all angles of this from capitol hill to the pentagon and beyond as this developing story unfolds. let's begin coverage with jim acosta at the white house. good morning, jim. >> good morning, carol. the white house has scheduled an early briefing this morning with reporters. that's scheduled to happen in about 45 minutes from now and i think the question about the torture report thereby question of the briefing for white house press secretary josh ernest. the president defended the relief of the torture report saying mistakes were made but former top white house cia officials are coming forward spea
boehner speaks, we'll take it live for you. the cia's tactics described in chilling detail including waterboarding, sleep deprivation and ice water baths and worse. the senate committee concluded that the harsh tactics simply did not work in getting valuable intelligence. and the justice department says it will not reopen its inquiry into whether crimes were committed, raising new questions of accountability and blame. we're covering all angles of this from capitol hill to the pentagon and...
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i believe congressman boehner and others can find a way to do that. it's gut check time. and if you say we're in a tough spot. if they are not going to do tough cuts, then when is it going to be? after the next election, we might fix that. the time is now, and as important as the debt ceiling is, the other issues of whether we're going to fix the spending problems of the country also deserve attention, and if not now, when? one example would be, what are they going to do to fix medicaid? it's bankrupting states and running the government over the cliff financially, and where is the president of the united states on the most pressing financial challenges of the country on entitlement reform? where is his specific medicaid reform proposaproposal? where is his social security reform proposal? the answer is he does not have one. he's ducking and bobbing and weaving, and he's not leading and that's why he needs to be removed from office. >> apparently with speaker boehner he has talked -- >> well, if you are the leader of the free world please come to the microphone and quit h
i believe congressman boehner and others can find a way to do that. it's gut check time. and if you say we're in a tough spot. if they are not going to do tough cuts, then when is it going to be? after the next election, we might fix that. the time is now, and as important as the debt ceiling is, the other issues of whether we're going to fix the spending problems of the country also deserve attention, and if not now, when? one example would be, what are they going to do to fix medicaid? it's...
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in john boehner's side. he wasn't quite the matt gaetz of today, but he was pretty close. let's listen. >> you need someone who can unite the conference and just as importantly, unite the republican movement across this country. that's what i think i can do. that's why i'm running for the job. >> how would you rate boehner as a speaker? >> i have said this for four and a half years. it's a tough job. it's a darn tough job. it's not an easy thing. i'm not saying that. it's a difficult job. i would have done some things different. i represent the same number of people as john boehner and kevin mccarthy and steve scalise and everyone else in the congress. it's we, we have to do what we told the voters we were going to focus on doing. >> there was no vote to vacate, but jim jordan along with mark meadows became chief of staff, helped to lead the push of john boehner out the door. this is the third time this party has been here now with boehner and ryan and now mccarthy. and that's why they are saying the first t
in john boehner's side. he wasn't quite the matt gaetz of today, but he was pretty close. let's listen. >> you need someone who can unite the conference and just as importantly, unite the republican movement across this country. that's what i think i can do. that's why i'm running for the job. >> how would you rate boehner as a speaker? >> i have said this for four and a half years. it's a tough job. it's a darn tough job. it's not an easy thing. i'm not saying that. it's a...
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here's what speaker boehner has to understand. look on the state level, republican governors and state legislatures. you have republicans who control more state branches than they actually do democrats, and so this is just typical political whining as will said, both sides want to be in control. it's no doubt because you want to govern a lot easier, if your party controls all levels of political office. >> carol can we talk about what inspired boehner's statement? and that is that president obama's speech was openly progressive, not just on its face on its policy goals like you pointed out in climate change or gun control but in its philosophy as well. >> and? >> the elevation of collectiveism, of collective right, collective action. this is the cycle of american politics, one party begins to feel tough, big dog bows its chest out and reaches for goals that are beyond the american public's desires. it happened in 1934 with fdr packing the court, it happened in '66 with lbj's great society, roland pointing out some republican examp
here's what speaker boehner has to understand. look on the state level, republican governors and state legislatures. you have republicans who control more state branches than they actually do democrats, and so this is just typical political whining as will said, both sides want to be in control. it's no doubt because you want to govern a lot easier, if your party controls all levels of political office. >> carol can we talk about what inspired boehner's statement? and that is that...
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and i think mccarthy is in the same position that boehner is. he is facing the potential threat to be ousted, but he is betting that in the end that the hard right doesn't have enough support to do that and that the moderate republicans who are essential right now to maintaining the majority will be valuable enough that he can protect himself. and i think he is just gonna kinda keep going through this kind of politics indefinitely, latinos until the next election. >> well, and shelby, now that mccarthy's speaker ship is on te line, it puts democrats in an interesting position. while they opposed him in the past, eights question who would replace him if republicans decide to vote to oust him and because this bipartisan stopgap passed the house with only one democrat not supporting, take ais listen to house minority leader hakeem jeffries after the vote. >> the american people have won. the extreme maga republicans have lost. >> so if a motion is brought to oust, mccarthy, will house democrats come to his rescues? >> this is the big question. and
and i think mccarthy is in the same position that boehner is. he is facing the potential threat to be ousted, but he is betting that in the end that the hard right doesn't have enough support to do that and that the moderate republicans who are essential right now to maintaining the majority will be valuable enough that he can protect himself. and i think he is just gonna kinda keep going through this kind of politics indefinitely, latinos until the next election. >> well, and shelby, now...
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but the expectation is that the senate will go first, house speaker john boehner and his staff will say we'll look at them in committee hearings but wouldn't act unless the senate passes something. they think the best the president can get today is something significantly watered down. maybe a water-down version of his background checks, maybe the assault weapons ban, today, it would not pass the senate. so will the president and vice president consistently stay at this? that is a question, the vice president today, we'll told we'll have more in the weeks ahead. the question is, when the president is in a tough fight on capitol hill will he drop it or continue? >> because he is an excellent political campaigner, vice president, as well. how visible will they be in the coming weeks and months. >> we know that the vice president had a public meeting, in the state -- if he runs for president, you have to give him points for political coverage. i want you to listen to the vice president here, he went to this google hangout, dana played a clip of it. you need to change -- you don't need thes
but the expectation is that the senate will go first, house speaker john boehner and his staff will say we'll look at them in committee hearings but wouldn't act unless the senate passes something. they think the best the president can get today is something significantly watered down. maybe a water-down version of his background checks, maybe the assault weapons ban, today, it would not pass the senate. so will the president and vice president consistently stay at this? that is a question, the...
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. >> a democratic source tells cnn the white house believes that john boehner, the speaker john boehner's first ever offer to increase tax rates on the wealthiest americans is, quote, insufficient. the white house does think it represents progress. friday boehner offered to raise tax rates starting with incomes of $1 million. cnn is also told in return, boehner asked for a significant spending cuts and some specifics like raising the eligibility age for medicare. >>> the state department is expected to receive a highly anticipated report tomorrow from an independent adviser review board which has been investigating what went wrong in september's deadly attack in benghazi. congress will receive the report at a closed hearing on wednesday. the state department is also expected to present recommendations on improving security at u.s. embassies. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will not testify at this week's congressional hearings about that benghazi report as originally planned. that's because she is recovering from a concussion. clinton sustained the injury after she fainted during a
. >> a democratic source tells cnn the white house believes that john boehner, the speaker john boehner's first ever offer to increase tax rates on the wealthiest americans is, quote, insufficient. the white house does think it represents progress. friday boehner offered to raise tax rates starting with incomes of $1 million. cnn is also told in return, boehner asked for a significant spending cuts and some specifics like raising the eligibility age for medicare. >>> the state...
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." >>> house speaker john boehner's job could be in jeopardy. senator dianne feinstein and former israeli ambassador michael oren on the ripping causing speech to congress. >>> i'm dman bash. chaos in congress. most of you are so unfortunately used to hearing that you're probably rolling your eyes right about now, but the drama i watched unfold in the capitol friday night was different. house republican leaders were blindsided when their plan to prevent the department of homeland security from shutting down was defeated. 52 conservatives voted no because the funding bill didn't also stop the president's immigration plan. in the end, a bill did pass to fund the homeland security department for one week which means once again in just a few days we're going to be facing another shutdown. i was reporting from the capitol friday night and had exasperated veteran republican lawmakers say things to me like how are we supposed to govern? they were at a loss with how to control their own right flank. at a time when american security couldn't be more impo
." >>> house speaker john boehner's job could be in jeopardy. senator dianne feinstein and former israeli ambassador michael oren on the ripping causing speech to congress. >>> i'm dman bash. chaos in congress. most of you are so unfortunately used to hearing that you're probably rolling your eyes right about now, but the drama i watched unfold in the capitol friday night was different. house republican leaders were blindsided when their plan to prevent the department of...
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i almost feel sorry for speaker boehner. he has a tiger by the tail, people in his own conference that won't listen to him. you saw by the vote he barely got enough votes that he needed to get re-elected as speaker. and i think he's going to have a tough time. >> the house approved the aid package for superstorm sandy victims just yesterday. not the whole aid package, a partial version of it. what does that mean to you and your constituents? >> well, you know, superstorm sandy was a terrible thing that happened to the northeast. and you know, in the last 20 years, this is the longest it's taken for congress to step in and give aid in a time of national emergency. and that's why we were outraged on tuesday evening when speaker boehner pulled the bill which meant it died in the last congress. now we have to repass it in pieces and then send it ever to the senate and have them once again pass it in pieces. we're hurting, we need help. new york has traditionally been a donor state. we give more money to the federal government th
i almost feel sorry for speaker boehner. he has a tiger by the tail, people in his own conference that won't listen to him. you saw by the vote he barely got enough votes that he needed to get re-elected as speaker. and i think he's going to have a tough time. >> the house approved the aid package for superstorm sandy victims just yesterday. not the whole aid package, a partial version of it. what does that mean to you and your constituents? >> well, you know, superstorm sandy was a...
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speaker boehner's office -- >> dan, i'm going to interrupt you because house speaker boehner is answering questions. >> the president is calling for 1$1.3 trillion in revenue and only willing to put $850 billion worth of cuts over ten years. >> reporter: what type of effect has the tragedy in connecticut had on the fiscal cliff talks? is there a realization that the country, the last thing they want to see is a long drawn out battle during this time? >> i think both sides would agree to that. this is a difficult time for americans. that is why we continue to have conversations with the white house. i continue to have hope that we can reach an agreement. it's not a time to put americans through more stress. >> reporter: what would plan b mean for the other big issues that would cause a fiscal cliff? the sequestration and the cuts that would happen automatically? unemployment benefits going away? would you incorporate any of that into this plan b legislation? >> we are going to continue to look at how we would address those issues. as we put this bill together we expect to be on the floor l
speaker boehner's office -- >> dan, i'm going to interrupt you because house speaker boehner is answering questions. >> the president is calling for 1$1.3 trillion in revenue and only willing to put $850 billion worth of cuts over ten years. >> reporter: what type of effect has the tragedy in connecticut had on the fiscal cliff talks? is there a realization that the country, the last thing they want to see is a long drawn out battle during this time? >> i think both...
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i don't see speaker boehner or the republicans doing their job and put something on the floor so we can vote it like the senate passed by 60 out of 108 votes. at the same time, candy, honestly the bottom line is of course there's politics going on. i don't like what the president's advisers may be telling him. i can only speculate they've encouraged them to wait. i would prefer he do it now. there are 11 million people here in the shadows in the united states and by and large, kabdca they're here to work and they're a boon to our economy. if the president does parole in place that would affect a few million people, allow them to work, have a work visa while they're getting their documentation in order. >> right. >> that would put a lot of businesses around the country on better footing. >> bottom line, congressman, when and if the president acts after the midterm elections, do you think the latino community which as you know largely votes democratic will forgive him for what they're right now really outraged about? >> well, the fact of the matter doesn't look like president obama will b
i don't see speaker boehner or the republicans doing their job and put something on the floor so we can vote it like the senate passed by 60 out of 108 votes. at the same time, candy, honestly the bottom line is of course there's politics going on. i don't like what the president's advisers may be telling him. i can only speculate they've encouraged them to wait. i would prefer he do it now. there are 11 million people here in the shadows in the united states and by and large, kabdca they're...
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speaker boehner's latest proposal called for the tax hikes to kick in at $1 million. cnn's dan lothian is in washington with the latest on this. dan, it really does look like there is some movement. >> it does. this movement came during a meeting the president had with speaker john boehner yesterday at the white house. that meeting lasted for 45 minutes. it was the third time they had met in the past eight days. you're right, it is pretty dramatic because the president for years now had been holding steadfast to that $250,000 threshold, saying that the bush era tax cuts would extend for them but not those households making more than that. now he raises it to $400,000. so that is seen as a major breakthrough. but republicans, while encouraged by these latest developments, also say that the math really doesn't add up. that the president's proposal leans more heavily towards new taxes. now, as part of that proposal that the president has cut put out there, he's calling for $1.2 trillion in new revenue, $1.22 trillion in spending cuts.but republican aides, again, saying t
speaker boehner's latest proposal called for the tax hikes to kick in at $1 million. cnn's dan lothian is in washington with the latest on this. dan, it really does look like there is some movement. >> it does. this movement came during a meeting the president had with speaker john boehner yesterday at the white house. that meeting lasted for 45 minutes. it was the third time they had met in the past eight days. you're right, it is pretty dramatic because the president for years now had...
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there's many more john boehners in congress than there are steve king. this is a man who's a mediocre congressman who makes news only when he says something this inflammatory. >> how do you really feel, ana? >> congressman, i want to let you just close up this section anyway and ask you, if you should be the standard bearer for the party in 2016, what do you do to assuage a considerable portion of the party that does have conservative views that is represented by the other congressman king? >> i don't think it's a question of being conservative. i think it's following a path of ronald reagan, showing we're an inclusive party. we have very strong conservative values, very strong national defense. we don't have to do it with a scowl and be demonizing other people. the only other person i would demonize is keep paul begala out of the white house if i were president. other than that -- >> he's making a lot of money outside the white house. he doesn't want to go back. >> candy, i think we have a good national debate, whoever the standard bearer is. i would ce
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speaker boehner's plan in particular. taxing productive money that will go to investment, job creation and spending on products which actually get people employed is not the way to start this economy. a tax hike on the wealthy has never created jobs. we know it will lose jobs. so why is that what we're talking about? >> so let's focus on that. the president of your organization says this will hurt job creation, that it will not stipulate the economy. but congressional research service released -- or rereleased i should say a report from september that disagrees with you. we'll put that up on the screen so everybody can see it. they're a nonpartisan group. reduction in the top tax rates has little association with saving, investment or productivity growth. it is reasonable to assume that a tax rate change limited to a small group of taxpayers at the top of the income distribution would have a negligible effect on economic growth. so that argument is not a strong argument. >> i think the strong argument is that when we actu
speaker boehner's plan in particular. taxing productive money that will go to investment, job creation and spending on products which actually get people employed is not the way to start this economy. a tax hike on the wealthy has never created jobs. we know it will lose jobs. so why is that what we're talking about? >> so let's focus on that. the president of your organization says this will hurt job creation, that it will not stipulate the economy. but congressional research service...
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and he and others, john mccain, house speaker john boehner saying yes, there were consultations, but the details were not clear, in terms of how this deal ended up going down. but also, they say there was bipartisan opposition, and strong opposition over the course of these discussions that go back at least more than two years now, to releasing taliban in exchange for bergdahl. feinstein is even saying she got a call last night from deputy national security adviser tony blinken apologizing, in her words, for making this deal without notifying congress. it's supposed to be a 30-day notification by law. we're waiting for more clarification on what exactly that was. was it an apology, because today the national security team released a statement really spelling it out, how this was fully legal, without notifying congress, in their words, because bergdahl's health, even his life were at risk as they put it. now we're hearing mccain come out and calling this deal a mistake, ill-founded, unacceptable, saying it puts the lives of other american service men and women at risk. and that this w
and he and others, john mccain, house speaker john boehner saying yes, there were consultations, but the details were not clear, in terms of how this deal ended up going down. but also, they say there was bipartisan opposition, and strong opposition over the course of these discussions that go back at least more than two years now, to releasing taliban in exchange for bergdahl. feinstein is even saying she got a call last night from deputy national security adviser tony blinken apologizing, in...
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speaker boehner has shown real leadership here. the president, all he has proposed so far is his old budget, which failed in the senate 97-0. not even any democrats have voted for what the president has proposed. >> how is it not a tax increase, though? to me at the end of the day if you're paying more in taxes, that's a tax increase. isn't this ultimately republicans are voting for a tax increase, even if it's for the 1%? some people, as you know, have signed the pledge that says that they won't increase taxes and some other things. so how is that not a tax increase? >> as you know, if nothing is passed, soledad, taxes go up on everyone on january 1st. the so-called bush tax cuts expire at the end of this year. so all americans are looking at their taxes going up on january 1st. and what the house and plan b is doing is saying, no, we want to permanently extend the lower rates for 99% of americans. otherwise everybody's taxes go up and people will feel those immediately, because withholding is going to go up in their first paychec
speaker boehner has shown real leadership here. the president, all he has proposed so far is his old budget, which failed in the senate 97-0. not even any democrats have voted for what the president has proposed. >> how is it not a tax increase, though? to me at the end of the day if you're paying more in taxes, that's a tax increase. isn't this ultimately republicans are voting for a tax increase, even if it's for the 1%? some people, as you know, have signed the pledge that says that...
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boehner begins speaking. wall street already making its opinion known about the lack of a fiscal cliff deal because take a look at the dow. it is down 1216 points so far this morning. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq also in the red. christine romans is in new york with that part of the story. not looking good. >> it would be worse, quite frankly, if it hadn't been this quick announcement that the speaker was going to be talking to the press in just any moment. >> hey, christine, house speaker boehner is starting to speak. we'll get back to you in a second, okay? >> -- not the outcome i wanted, but that is the will of the house. so unless the president and congress take action, tax rates will go up on every american taxpayer and devastating defense cuts will go into effect in ten days. the house has already passed bills addressing the fiscal cliff. we passed a bill replacing the president's sequester with responsible spending cuts and did it last may. we passed a bill to stop all the tax hikes on the american peopl
boehner begins speaking. wall street already making its opinion known about the lack of a fiscal cliff deal because take a look at the dow. it is down 1216 points so far this morning. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq also in the red. christine romans is in new york with that part of the story. not looking good. >> it would be worse, quite frankly, if it hadn't been this quick announcement that the speaker was going to be talking to the press in just any moment. >> hey, christine,...
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john boehner, the speaker of the house, has also been seen leaving. so what we want to do is find out what is going on here. obviously we have our jessica yellin there and we will talk to her a little later about what she has learned. now, the fiscal cliff and these last-ditch talks is the only game in town. joining me for today's strategy session is roland martin and cnn contributor erick erickson, editor-in-chief of. they are saying, hey, we don't have to compromise. we have more people in congress coming in that are democrats. the president doesn't have to give on that $250,000 top. where do you stand on this? do you think the president does or should compromise up to -- particularly on the tax issue? >> you can't be a democrat and ask republicans to compromise if you don't want to give up something. i think the president clearly understood that. so when he laid the $250,000 out, he gave himself some room because, again, you saw speaker boehner's proposal, it dealt with 1 million. look, you have to compromise. democrats can't say, hey, we have more
john boehner, the speaker of the house, has also been seen leaving. so what we want to do is find out what is going on here. obviously we have our jessica yellin there and we will talk to her a little later about what she has learned. now, the fiscal cliff and these last-ditch talks is the only game in town. joining me for today's strategy session is roland martin and cnn contributor erick erickson, editor-in-chief of. they are saying, hey, we don't have to compromise. we have more people in...
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where boehner is saying let's deal with this in 2013. he's actually trying to get this off the lame duck altogether, which is the way to ensure there's not a big deal. so in addition to the question about whether we are going to see a ball loance of revenues a spending cuts is whether we're going to get a big deficit deal which the president clearly wants and thinks is important. what you're hearing from boehner and mcconnell in washington speak is we don't want a deal, we don't want to go off the cliff and the only thing left is to punt. and i think that's a dangerous place as well because this is the issue one of the few times congress might be forced to actually do its job and get a budget passed for the american people. so when this question comes up about the bigger issue are we going to get a deal or not, what i'm hearing from boehner is no and the president yes. >> but the president's leverage doesn't go away if you punt for six months. i mean, it's not clear to me -- i agree with you that's one way to read the boehner/mcconnell p
where boehner is saying let's deal with this in 2013. he's actually trying to get this off the lame duck altogether, which is the way to ensure there's not a big deal. so in addition to the question about whether we are going to see a ball loance of revenues a spending cuts is whether we're going to get a big deficit deal which the president clearly wants and thinks is important. what you're hearing from boehner and mcconnell in washington speak is we don't want a deal, we don't want to go off...
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the president met again today with house speaker john boehner after boehner made two apparent concessions toward averting the so-called fiscal cliff. the meeting this time was about 45 minutes long. over the weekend, the speaker proposed raising tax rates on those making over $1 million a year. cnn also learned that he's proposing a one-year extension of the government's borrowing limit and that could avert yet odd ugly debt ceiling debate. a congressional source tells us in exchange, speaker boehner is pushing for a trillion dollars in spending cuts including to medicare, which the white house has opposed. as for now, the president is holding fast to his desire to raise tax rates on incomes beginning at $250,000. >>> overseas, a veteran syrian statesman rumored last summer to have defected, today is proposing a peaceful end to his country's civil war. he's saying government forces can't win and neither can the rebels. we'll have the story now from london. here's cnn's nic robertson. >> this is pretty strong stuff coming from the vice president. we haven't heard this language from anyone
the president met again today with house speaker john boehner after boehner made two apparent concessions toward averting the so-called fiscal cliff. the meeting this time was about 45 minutes long. over the weekend, the speaker proposed raising tax rates on those making over $1 million a year. cnn also learned that he's proposing a one-year extension of the government's borrowing limit and that could avert yet odd ugly debt ceiling debate. a congressional source tells us in exchange, speaker...
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this was an anti-republican, he was mad at john boehner at this point. is there any way that you all can re-create the party by runninging against your fellow republicans? washington? >> republicans aren't always going to agree with each other. we don't have to change the debate, we should be debating, we should be talking. but we have to, just unite on our principals, our principals of limiteded government. as a mayor, it's pretty simple for me, i ask myself three questions whenever i make a decision about anything. is it affordable, is it sustainable, is it my job? where we get into trouble is when we start dividing and start figuring out, you know, somebody uses opportunity for political gain here, or somebody uses an opportunity for something else, we have to start uniting on our principles and start communicating that to the american people. we would do so much better. >> i want to put up some of the exit polls and basically what they show is anyone from 18 to 39 boobama won all the young people. latino, 71%. and the republican party doesn't want to
this was an anti-republican, he was mad at john boehner at this point. is there any way that you all can re-create the party by runninging against your fellow republicans? washington? >> republicans aren't always going to agree with each other. we don't have to change the debate, we should be debating, we should be talking. but we have to, just unite on our principals, our principals of limiteded government. as a mayor, it's pretty simple for me, i ask myself three questions whenever i...
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. >>> other breaking news, two house gop sources telling us that house speaker john boehner is expected to move soon and could be as early as today to bring a clean bill to fund the department of homeland security. yes, i said clean bill. i want to get right to cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash on capitol hill with all the news that we have had since last week, this is a big deal, a clean bill means we could move ahead on this, couldn't we? >> reporter: that's right. what it means is that the house is going to pass what the senate passed and it will go to the president. i should say that this is news that we got earlier from republican sources now. the house majority leader, kevin mccarthy, is telling us that it will in fact be today, probably in the next couple of hours that this vote is going to happen on the house floor. no not only that, most importantly because we have announced that there would be votes that we had expected top pass before only to see them blow up and fail, this is probably going to be different, likely going to be different because the house speaker
. >>> other breaking news, two house gop sources telling us that house speaker john boehner is expected to move soon and could be as early as today to bring a clean bill to fund the department of homeland security. yes, i said clean bill. i want to get right to cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash on capitol hill with all the news that we have had since last week, this is a big deal, a clean bill means we could move ahead on this, couldn't we? >> reporter: that's...
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you had the house republican leadership, john boehner, trying to coordinate with the obama white house because it wasn't just his conservatives. there were always going to be a group of conservatives who didn't like this bill for various reasons, but it turned out you had the democratic leader in the house and many of her democratic rank and file rebelling against this as well. so, very strange bedfellows. as you just pointed out, when you have elizabeth warren, who's about as liberal as you get, appealing to tea party conservatives, you know that maybe something is either right or something is wrong. and that is that this negotiation was done old-fashioned style, with democrats and republican negotiators on the appropriations committees. and as even the top democrat, barbara mikulski said emphatically last night, we don't get everything we want. that's the art of compromise. but as christine knows very well, the idea of wall street and rolling back any reforms hit a very raw nerve, and that's what made this so difficult. >> okay, so, let's, like, tamp down on that very issue, wall str
you had the house republican leadership, john boehner, trying to coordinate with the obama white house because it wasn't just his conservatives. there were always going to be a group of conservatives who didn't like this bill for various reasons, but it turned out you had the democratic leader in the house and many of her democratic rank and file rebelling against this as well. so, very strange bedfellows. as you just pointed out, when you have elizabeth warren, who's about as liberal as you...
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. >> yeah, and he was able to do something of course, that we've seen repeatedly speaker boehner has been unable to do. >> totally agree with that with un. >> right? he's been able to be shepherd that conference through in a way that boehner hasn't. >> navigated the tricky politics of the gop house conference in a way few others did successfully. >> the disagreement that you two have is on our number three winner. ryan first for you. >> i think elizabeth warren had a very successful 2013 and is now holding up the an banner of the democratic left. there is a populist wing of the a part revived and she is their champion. she's someone to watch going forward. she says she probably won't run for president in 2016 but there are a lot of people who want her to run. >> larry, who is your third winner of 2013? >> well, thought it was hillary clinton. because hillary clinton essentially has the large majority of the democratic vote, in fact, in some polls she's up in the mid 60s. i agree she's going to be challenged. she's going to have a much more difficult 2014 than she had 2013. but i doub
. >> yeah, and he was able to do something of course, that we've seen repeatedly speaker boehner has been unable to do. >> totally agree with that with un. >> right? he's been able to be shepherd that conference through in a way that boehner hasn't. >> navigated the tricky politics of the gop house conference in a way few others did successfully. >> the disagreement that you two have is on our number three winner. ryan first for you. >> i think elizabeth...
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mad at john boehner at this point. is -- is there any way that you all can recreate the party by running against your fellow republicans in washington? >> republicans aren't always going to agree with each other. we don't have to change the debate. we should be debating and talking. but we have to just unite on our principles. our principles of limited government. you have to understand as a mayor, pretty simple for me. i ask three questions any time i make a new policy decision, a decision about anything. is it affordable. sustainable, is it my job? we would unite a lot better if we all asked ourselves those questions. where we get into trouble, when we start dividing and start figuring out, you know, somebody uses opportunity for political gain here or somebody uses -- uses an opportunity for something else. we have to start uniting on our principles and start communicating that to the american people. we would do so much better. >> i want to put up some of the exit polls, and it basically what they show is anyone fr
mad at john boehner at this point. is -- is there any way that you all can recreate the party by running against your fellow republicans in washington? >> republicans aren't always going to agree with each other. we don't have to change the debate. we should be debating and talking. but we have to just unite on our principles. our principles of limited government. you have to understand as a mayor, pretty simple for me. i ask three questions any time i make a new policy decision, a...
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they shut the government down for a number of days and john boehner shortly after this ended, mitch mcconnell rode to the rescue with chuck schumer on that one. after it ended, he admitted defeat and that they tried to fight the good fight and they lost it in that case. most recently this is a trump shut down that was unique because republicans controlled the congress. the house, the senate, and the presidency. chuck schumer and other democrats in the senate had not allowed spending bills to get through using a filibuster. they blinked very quickly. they were trying to shut down the government over support for the dreamers. that only lasted about a day before democrats retreated on it. daca is sort of held up in the courts, but some people want to use it as a bargaining chip right now. >> zack, thank you so much. a good explainer there. i want to bring in political director david chalian. they want something different than what the leadership is doing. >> this is going to be different because mitch mcconnell publicly is acting like he wants no part of this. this is president trump, nancy pelo
they shut the government down for a number of days and john boehner shortly after this ended, mitch mcconnell rode to the rescue with chuck schumer on that one. after it ended, he admitted defeat and that they tried to fight the good fight and they lost it in that case. most recently this is a trump shut down that was unique because republicans controlled the congress. the house, the senate, and the presidency. chuck schumer and other democrats in the senate had not allowed spending bills to...
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should speaker boehner have invited netanyahu without notifying the white house. and this comes with enormous political risk just two weeks before israelis decide whether or not to elect netanyahu. let's begin our coverage with cnn's white house correspondent jim accost at that. >> reporter: the white house is offering an icy welcome to israel prime minister netanyahu, the prime minister is it in washington to warn the world that the negotiations over iran's nuclear program about backfire. he
should speaker boehner have invited netanyahu without notifying the white house. and this comes with enormous political risk just two weeks before israelis decide whether or not to elect netanyahu. let's begin our coverage with cnn's white house correspondent jim accost at that. >> reporter: the white house is offering an icy welcome to israel prime minister netanyahu, the prime minister is it in washington to warn the world that the negotiations over iran's nuclear program about...
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a source close to the talks tells cnn boehner is offering to raise the debt ceiling. something republicans oppose. he's also proposing higher taxes for those who make $1 million a year or more. president pushing for higher taxes for those making $250,000 a year. >>> in money news, some 6 million credit card holders will get a welcome gift, a refund. discover american express and capital one giving back $435 million as ordered by the government as part of a crackdown on deceptive practices. the refund should be out by the end of march. >>> in the weather, parts of the pacific northwest are getting hit by the worst storm in six years. you're looking at mt. rainier. a tow truck driver was killed on sunday when he was run over by another car in near whiteout conditions. this storm could drop three feet of snow on the area. >>> back to newtown now. the big question, what's next for the students at sandy hook elementary? when will they be returning tos c classes? can you imagine sorting through all that? cnn's sandra endo has been doing just that. what have you found out, s
a source close to the talks tells cnn boehner is offering to raise the debt ceiling. something republicans oppose. he's also proposing higher taxes for those who make $1 million a year or more. president pushing for higher taxes for those making $250,000 a year. >>> in money news, some 6 million credit card holders will get a welcome gift, a refund. discover american express and capital one giving back $435 million as ordered by the government as part of a crackdown on deceptive...
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they're not going to be talking about boehner and reid. they're going to be talking about president obama and what a disaster the administration was. so he does have a lot of pressure to get this problem solved. he's got a big problem. >> look, i mean if we play tapes of what people have said about shutdowns, you should see what chuck schumer said about how dare we shut the government down over what these republicans are talking about. >> do you have any concern he starts to take blame in people's eyes? ? >> the long uft shutdown in history is 17 days. if you get to that point, sure. are we going to get to that point? no, we're not. eventually he could get some credit if we finally get a deal done, if you're going to hold him to that account. and i do believe he will eventually get an immigration deal. there will be a daca deal of some kind. so all of this is pointing to him, but the real fight is amongst the democrats and their base. that's where this fight is, and republicans are wise to kind of sit back a little bit and watch them fight
they're not going to be talking about boehner and reid. they're going to be talking about president obama and what a disaster the administration was. so he does have a lot of pressure to get this problem solved. he's got a big problem. >> look, i mean if we play tapes of what people have said about shutdowns, you should see what chuck schumer said about how dare we shut the government down over what these republicans are talking about. >> do you have any concern he starts to take...
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so the president and house speaker john boehner met again today at the white house. what they're trying to do, well, they're trying to reach this deficit reduction deal by january 1st, top of next year. if they don't do it, automatic spending cuts, they're going to go into effect. practically everyone's taxes are going to go up as well. well, a source is telling cnn that speaker boehner has now agreed, in some form, to raising taxes on people making $1 million a year or more. the white house still wants a tax increase on households that are earning more than $250,000 or more. >>> south carolina's governor announced her choice to replace republican senator jim demint. governor nikki haley is appointing gop congressman tim scott as demint's successor. now scott will become only the second african-american republican senator since reconstruction. demint is resigning from the senate to lead the heritage foundation. that, of course, a conservative think tank in washington. he made that announcement earlier in the month. >>> and we want to do a check on the markets. you se
so the president and house speaker john boehner met again today at the white house. what they're trying to do, well, they're trying to reach this deficit reduction deal by january 1st, top of next year. if they don't do it, automatic spending cuts, they're going to go into effect. practically everyone's taxes are going to go up as well. well, a source is telling cnn that speaker boehner has now agreed, in some form, to raising taxes on people making $1 million a year or more. the white house...
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involved in these discussions for a long time and said that there were discussions and house speaker john boehner, senator mccain, dianne feinstein, they didn't know all of the details of this and that back then there was strong, strong bipartisan opposition to releasing tal pib in exchange for bergdahl. jake? >> the pentagon has never given a full account of how sergeant bergdahl was captured. number of soldiers claim that the military forced him to sign nondisclosure agreements about the circumstances, helping to keep it all shrouded in secrecy. the army has never classified him as a deserter. joining me now is former u.s. army sergeant evan, sergeant bergdahl's team leader when he was there and when bergdahl vanished. thank you for joining us. >> yes, thank you for having me. >> so the night this happened, you were all at this small observation post. it consisting of two bunkers, you're in one of the bunkers and be bergdahl was supposed to be in a pup tent and how did you learn that he was gone? >> the first thing said to me was someone called up to the bunker which was called op-2, our call s
involved in these discussions for a long time and said that there were discussions and house speaker john boehner, senator mccain, dianne feinstein, they didn't know all of the details of this and that back then there was strong, strong bipartisan opposition to releasing tal pib in exchange for bergdahl. jake? >> the pentagon has never given a full account of how sergeant bergdahl was captured. number of soldiers claim that the military forced him to sign nondisclosure agreements about...
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and just the threat in 2015 of ousting john boehner led to his abrupt resignation as speaker. mccarthy plans to fight it. even as he is facing more pressure from the right wing to abandon billions of dollars in aid to ukraine. >> he can't do it. it would be a violation of the has ert rule which is a long held rule by republican majorities that the speaker cannot bring a bill to the floor if the majority of the majority doesn't support it. >> all this frustration builds among mccarthy allies. >> i just pray for wisdom, for matt and clarity on this. because i think that would be terrible for america. >> reporter: now dode gaetz accused mccarthy of cutting a side deal with joe biden over funding ukraine something the president seemed to suggest yesterday. today mckarmy denied that was the case. and gaetz plans to continue to push for a vote to seek mccarthy's ouster over and over again and gaetz told me that he spoke to one person in particular, former president trump, but he decided to not tell me exactly what they spoke about. declined to comment further. jake. >> cnn's manu ra
and just the threat in 2015 of ousting john boehner led to his abrupt resignation as speaker. mccarthy plans to fight it. even as he is facing more pressure from the right wing to abandon billions of dollars in aid to ukraine. >> he can't do it. it would be a violation of the has ert rule which is a long held rule by republican majorities that the speaker cannot bring a bill to the floor if the majority of the majority doesn't support it. >> all this frustration builds among...
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house speaker john boehner making the latest move in the negotiations. he has agreed to allow tax rates to rise on household incomes of more than $1 million a year. and boehner has offered to extend the debt limit of one year as part of a proposed deal. >>> secretary of state clinton will work from home as she recovers from a concussion. she fainted due to dehydration. may have been due to a stomach flu she battled last week. >>> blizzard conditions deadly in washington state. a tow truck driver was struck and killed on interstate 90 while trying to tow a car in near whiteout conditions. it's the worst storm to hit that state in more than five years. >>> let's go to rob marciano. good morning, rob. >> this is a doozy. the snows have been piling up. columbia river bar traffic, to get in to use the river to deliver the goods has been pretty much shut down. more rain and snow on the way here. they're measuring in feet. not only across oregon but northern california, as well. the winds, incredible. especially at the high elevations. mary's peak, oregon, 101.
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to your point that this isn't the way that it's done, speaker boehner said, it hasn't been done that way before. i mean, it sounds kind of like a lame excuse, in a way to, say that's not how we've done it before. >> well, i think -- and really, frankly, it is. there's one commander in chief and that's the person who says, this is what i want to do. this is my objective. he's the one that comes and sells his plan. we've gotten sort of conflicting signals about that and the concern that a lot of republicans in congress is, is the president in this to win it? and if he really is, he could come with an authorization are to the use of military force, get congress to vote on it. the last time he proposed doing, that of course, is enwhether he was when he was talking about using force in syria and then he got pushed from the left and he pulled away from that. >> i want to end on a sound bite that we have of secretary kerry. this is how he is describing in an interview with our elise labott the campaign to destroy isis. he says it's not a war. let's listen. >> what we are doing is engaging i
to your point that this isn't the way that it's done, speaker boehner said, it hasn't been done that way before. i mean, it sounds kind of like a lame excuse, in a way to, say that's not how we've done it before. >> well, i think -- and really, frankly, it is. there's one commander in chief and that's the person who says, this is what i want to do. this is my objective. he's the one that comes and sells his plan. we've gotten sort of conflicting signals about that and the concern that a...
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it's been held up by boehner, mcconnell, and them for over 1,700 days, over four years. that means these districts can be -- they don't have to go through preclearance. additionally, when this happens, when they stack and pack and bleach these districts, they take a district that, say a person is winning with 40% minority vote, bump it up to, say, 60%, 70%, take the black voters out of the district where black and white progressives can work together to elect candidates of their choice -- >> who's watching this stuff? >> at the very time -- >> who's watching this stuff? >> what's happening is naacp, the organizations -- remember, we had the first suits on this. the problem is, we had to fight for over six years because we no longer had preclearance. and many of these things would not have passed preclearance. what we have is this kind of a -- creating what i call apartheid districts. it's by design because they cannot win if in fact the 30% of the african-american voters that are unregistered register, you hook those with progressive whites, latino, the south changes. an
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will house speaker john boehner's potentially facing a loss of his gavel in the process? cnn's erin mcpike is at the white house following both angles. >> reporter: fred speaker basiner is getting pressure from all sides and is now being backed into a corner. more on that after the break. >>> this week the department of homeland security faces another possible loss of funding. many employees could be furloughed if congress doesn't send a fundingal bill to congress by midnight friday. that's ees's when a seven-day extension runs out. >> fred there is real skepticism that he is also quite close to another conservatives as a conservative himself. but i would also point out that there is a lot of pressure building in all corners of politics on boehner to bring a clean bill to the floor and funded the department of homeland security for the rest of the year and finding another way to deal with it. that could mean more trouble on the right. airplane security lines are open and planes are flying but travellers we have spoken to are still upset with house republicans for delaying
will house speaker john boehner's potentially facing a loss of his gavel in the process? cnn's erin mcpike is at the white house following both angles. >> reporter: fred speaker basiner is getting pressure from all sides and is now being backed into a corner. more on that after the break. >>> this week the department of homeland security faces another possible loss of funding. many employees could be furloughed if congress doesn't send a fundingal bill to congress by midnight...
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and just the threat in 2015 of ousting john boehner led to his abrupt resignation as speaker. mccarthy plans to fight it, even as he is facing more pressure from the right wing to abandon billions of dollars in aid to ukraine. >> he can't do it. it would be a violation of the hastert rule which is a long held rule by republican majorities that the speaker cannot bring a bill to the floor if the majority of the majority doesn't support it. >> reporter: all as frustration builds among mccarthy's allies. >> i just pray for wisdom for matt and clarity on this, because i think that would be terrible for america . >> i think we've lost you, mike. man knew, stand by. manu raju reporting from capitol hill. i want to get some more on all of these important developments. joining us now, a key republican. we're joined by tony gonzalez, the co-chair of the congressional caucus. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. as you heard and you well know, republican matt gaetz said he will likely seek to remove speaker kevin mccarthy later this week. do you have confidence in mccarthy's l
and just the threat in 2015 of ousting john boehner led to his abrupt resignation as speaker. mccarthy plans to fight it, even as he is facing more pressure from the right wing to abandon billions of dollars in aid to ukraine. >> he can't do it. it would be a violation of the hastert rule which is a long held rule by republican majorities that the speaker cannot bring a bill to the floor if the majority of the majority doesn't support it. >> reporter: all as frustration builds among...
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you had speaker john boehner there in israel. how much are you coordinating with him, the republican strategy up on capitol hill to block this deal? >> i'm not approaching it on a partisan basis. i've talked to about 2/3 of the representatives of the united states house of representatives and probably an equal number of senators from both sides of the aisle. this is not a partisan issue. this is not even solely an israeli issue. this is a world issue because everyone is going to be threatened by the preeminent terrorist state of our time. getting -- keeping the ifrastructure to produce not one nuclear bomb but many many nuclear bombs down the line. that's a palpable danger to the peace of the world and i think it should concern everybody, republicans, democrats, independents i don't care. and the citizens who want a peaceful world from every nation. >> how much is your very tense and let's be frank here uncomfortable relationship with the president driving your opposition to this? >> not at all. i don't think this is a personal i
you had speaker john boehner there in israel. how much are you coordinating with him, the republican strategy up on capitol hill to block this deal? >> i'm not approaching it on a partisan basis. i've talked to about 2/3 of the representatives of the united states house of representatives and probably an equal number of senators from both sides of the aisle. this is not a partisan issue. this is not even solely an israeli issue. this is a world issue because everyone is going to be...
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and even though we had a bipartisan agreement on what we wanted to bring to the floor, john boehner, the then speaker, would never bring it to the floor. so i have a hard time having a lot of trust with republicans, particularly when we're dealing with a -- something -- the time frame of filing deadlines for republicans because ultimately immigration reform to republicans is an issue of primary politics. they don't want to do anything that would open themselves up to a challenge in their primaries. i think if president trump were to say today, i'm going to extend my order to july 1st, this thing would be resolved entirely in about an hour. getting it past that filing -- those filing deadlines. >> are you hearing the same thing, though, just to be clear, are you hearing the same thing we're hearing, that it appears there may be just this critical mass of democratic support to go along with republicans in this vote that is expected to happen here in a half an hour? >> right. we heard that dick durbin from illinois has agreed to it. he's been driving the train on the dreamer issue, the
and even though we had a bipartisan agreement on what we wanted to bring to the floor, john boehner, the then speaker, would never bring it to the floor. so i have a hard time having a lot of trust with republicans, particularly when we're dealing with a -- something -- the time frame of filing deadlines for republicans because ultimately immigration reform to republicans is an issue of primary politics. they don't want to do anything that would open themselves up to a challenge in their...
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had interesting thoughts on where it is headed is the former republican speaker of the house, john boehner. "the washington post" obtained his talk in las vegas. i want to play it and get your reaction. >> sure. >> here we are, several months into this year and yet they have not passed this bill. they are not going to repeal and replace obamacare, it's been around too long. the american people are accustomed to it. they are accustomed the the medicaid expansion. trying to pull it back is really not going to work. >> is he right? >> um, yeah. what's interesting is he called this, you know, you know, months, back in january or december, he said, well, you know, at the end of the day, we have a lot of debate. at the end of the day, they are not going to fully repeal and fully replace, it will be much, much watered down. he said something to that effect. ronald reagan said the closest thing to eternal light is a government program. what john was getting at is once things are in place, they are hard to pull back. they have gotten used to the medicaid expansion and the money. >> is it a foregone
had interesting thoughts on where it is headed is the former republican speaker of the house, john boehner. "the washington post" obtained his talk in las vegas. i want to play it and get your reaction. >> sure. >> here we are, several months into this year and yet they have not passed this bill. they are not going to repeal and replace obamacare, it's been around too long. the american people are accustomed to it. they are accustomed the the medicaid expansion. trying to...
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. >> and it speaks to whatmer speaker john boehner said last week, which is the republican party, he thinks, it becoming the trump party. this is exhibit a of that, because martha roby lost -- excuse me -- was forced into a runoff tonight for one reason and one reason only. it is because she got on the wrong side of donald trump and his supporters, full stop. and the fact she is somebody who is a popular member of congress, a popular republican and not sort of the inside the belt way kind of thing but even among her constituents and yet there is so much blow back still fro the fact she unendorsed the president two years ago really is telling about where the base of the party is. and it's solidly in donald trump's hand. >> it is donald trump's republican party. and as our white house team was reporting today and david mentioned it, they're making a list over there about friends and foes. and the president is going to work to defeat john tester in montana because of what happened to dr. ronny jackson who was nominated, you know, and then had to withdraw to be the head of the va and a f
. >> and it speaks to whatmer speaker john boehner said last week, which is the republican party, he thinks, it becoming the trump party. this is exhibit a of that, because martha roby lost -- excuse me -- was forced into a runoff tonight for one reason and one reason only. it is because she got on the wrong side of donald trump and his supporters, full stop. and the fact she is somebody who is a popular member of congress, a popular republican and not sort of the inside the belt way kind...
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john boehner said house republicans would do everything they could to repeal obama care. take a listen. >> the house will pass the cr, th and will did he fund obama care. the law is a train wreck. >> the law is a claw is but it is the law and did pass the house and the senate. president obama and the senate, you're a member of are never going to defund obama care. is the house on a fool's errand here? is this going too start a government shutdown the party will take the heat for for no reason at all? >> let me say that i have heard so much concern about obama care and i have supported repealing it, one of the reasons i ran for the united states senate, and as you know in 2010 but i don't think shuts down the government is productive. i think we should make every effort we can to make sure we stop this law but i don't believe they should shut down the government to do so, and i don't think that is a strategy that is good for america. >> thank you so much. >> thanks, jake. >> when we come back, building 197, just behind me, it is the scene of monday's horrific shooting and
john boehner said house republicans would do everything they could to repeal obama care. take a listen. >> the house will pass the cr, th and will did he fund obama care. the law is a train wreck. >> the law is a claw is but it is the law and did pass the house and the senate. president obama and the senate, you're a member of are never going to defund obama care. is the house on a fool's errand here? is this going too start a government shutdown the party will take the heat for for...
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. >> nancy pelosi and john boehner did both agree on this. >> and we agreed on getting tot and getting rid of earmarks. this is the swamp water. you talk about draining the swamp. the swamp water is actually earmarks and it is insane to hold hearings on earmarks. steve, you and i agree on almost nothing. we agree on this. i wish you were advising. why don't you advise him this is so stupid u? this is would turn back the clock, waste money. and actually not bring anybody together. >> by the way, you know, one of the reasons historically that members of congress have put earmarks in the bill is to get re-elected. in this case, robert is right. so if any friends in the white house are lestistening, don't g there. you going to so disgust voters that you're going to lead them to vote out the guys. one other quick thing -- >> one of the biggest problems here, really, is that political power trumps, not to use an overused expression, the merits of any project. it's all once you admit earmarks, it's all about who has the power to get a particular pile of swamp grass to their own -- >> you both
. >> nancy pelosi and john boehner did both agree on this. >> and we agreed on getting tot and getting rid of earmarks. this is the swamp water. you talk about draining the swamp. the swamp water is actually earmarks and it is insane to hold hearings on earmarks. steve, you and i agree on almost nothing. we agree on this. i wish you were advising. why don't you advise him this is so stupid u? this is would turn back the clock, waste money. and actually not bring anybody together....